AIANZ CE speaks to Nine To Noon on pilot and engineering shortages threatening the future of the aviation industry in New Zealand.
This morning Simon Wallace, AIANZ CE, spoke to Kathryn Ryan on RNZ Nine To Noon about the pilot and engineer shortages threatening the future of the aviation industry in New Zealand, following new research published today from the AIANZ and the Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development Council.
The Aviation Workforce Insights* research focused specifically on the pilot and engineering workforce. In the context of pilots, the research shows on average New Zealand needs an additional 100 pilots annually. This gap is anticipated to grow further without any changes to current tertiary policy settings.
Chief Executive of the AIANZ, Simon Wallace, says demand for pilots is increasing by about 2-3% per year and can’t be met by New Zealand’s training system due to the high-cost of study locking students out.
“We need government to step up and take this seriously.” Listen here:
Read the full media release here
*The Aviation Workforce Insights report was undertaken by Scarlatti for the Aviation Industry Association of New Zealand (AIANZ) and Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development Council.
Modelling and data analyses has used the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) managed by Stats NZ.
The summary and full report can be read at www.aianz.org.nz/aviation-workforce-insights as can the interactive data dashboard.